1 seed for inaugural CIF-SS playoffs, Small plane crash near Mulholland Drive kills 1 aboard, Why this wildflower plant guide is what every gardener needs, Southern California Marine who volunteered in Ukraine, survived rocket attack: I would do it again, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Donny Morrow has done a tremendous job., Coach Feather with Calvin Gillory, during Featherstones induction into the California Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2016. In 1985, he returned to the South Bay, replacing future NFL assistant coach Jack Reilly as El Caminos head coach. Get our free Padres Daily newsletter, free to your inbox every day of the season. After his playing days, Featherstone started his coaching career at San Diego State before moving onto Grossmont College, San Diego Mesa, Cal-Berkeley and Santa Ana College. Im very lucky with all my daughters, Featherstone said. Team guys with discipline and the attitude to work hard in all phases of their lives. She volunteered for programs such as the Mayor's Substance Abuse program, Juvenile Council Committee, National Night Out and the Paramus Run. When I played at SDSU in 1970, it was the first year that college football went to single digit numbers on uniforms, Featherstone said. Photo by Brad Jacobson. He was surrounded by his family. She was preceded in death by her daughter Amy KatherineGorecki, parents Albert and Maureen Featherstone. That intensity helped Featherstone become a multi-sport star (baseball, volleyball, football, track and field) at Mira Costa and translated into his collegiate football playing career at El Camino and San Diego State. Pick-up Locations The skinny, little blond kid who embraced every minute of fun in his youth is now 65. The National Coach of the Year honor was one of neatest experiences of my life. Robert John Featherstone passed away suddenly on July 5, 2012 at the young age of 87 years. Coryell never dressed in the coachs office. Achieve. If the first three pieces of the puzzle fit, you will achieve., Although a high-energy coach, Featherstone did not believe in using whistles on the practice field, nor did he believe in cussing. Privacy policy, I need to make funeral/burial arrangements now, I am pre-planning for a funeral in the future. In 1975, Featherstone replaced future St. Louis Rams head coach Mike Martz at San Diego Mesa College, where he worked as offensive coordinator and mentored future SDSU All-American quarterback Matt Kofler. He made me feel like I was part of his family. Because of the great workout of running in the sand, Ive never had problems with my lower extremities or joints.. No services are scheduled at this time. I looked to see if theyre still playing hard even though they are down, or ahead by 30 points because those are players who love the game. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Your entry has exceeded the maximum character limit. Dear father of Greg Featherstone (Donna), late Randy Featherstone (2005) (Donna), and late Gary Featherstone Jr. (2018). I would see it bleeding every day. Doris' generous and kind spirit were evident in all that she did. WebCheck out John Featherstone's College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits and More College Stats at Sports-Reference.com One of the highlights of coaching was watching these kids grow up to be men and productive, successful citizens.. He is in his 23rd year as head coach of Mira Costas football program and has produced numerous players for Featherstone. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. We had two good seasons when I played for the Warriors under Ken Swearingen, who was another great influence on me. It may take up to 1 hour for your comment to appear on the website. John Featherstone and wife Diane with family and friends during the dedication of the new El Camino College Football Field in Featherstones honor, on Nov. 16, 2019. The following year, he began his coaching career as the Aztecs wide receiver coach. WebKarlton A. He was playing in a beach volleyball tournament with his brother (Fred) and I was captivated by his intensity, Viggiano told the crowd of approximately 1500. Doris was a Paramus Recreation Commissioner and worked for recreation for 12 years. Unfortunately, a lot of kids on my football teams didnt have that kind of support growing up and that breaks my heart., After Featherstone became a parent, he saw how popular volleyball was becoming for girls. Featherstone scored two touchdowns in the Aztecs win in front of 52,000 fans and was selected as the games Most Valuable Player. WebJohn Featherstone is a British-born Christian composer/songwriter, performer and teacher of composition and solo performance. Then it becomes a business. Coach Feather, in memoriam: Legendary El Camino football coach John Featherstone left a legacy on and off the field, Feather is a great alumnus of Mira Costa, Morrow said. The following story appeared in Easy Reader in December 2015, upon his retirement from El Camino, where he coached for over three decades. I had a dream the night before the game about playing in Pasadena and having a good game, Featherstone recalled. Countless former students were All-American athletes and transferred to universities to continue their education and play football. Americans are hard workers, but dont take time to relax. Please check your entries and try again. I like players who never look at the clock, never look at the score, Featherstone said. Playing junior college football is the last time these guys can play for fun, Featherstone explained. If the eyes are indeed mirrors of the soul, then her beautiful eyes reflected warmth for your heart, comfort for your being and light for your journey. John would later pass on his knowledge to his younger brother, Jimbo, who is eight years his junior. John Featherstone is survived by his wife Diane Featherstone; daughters Terre Haines-Featherstone, Ivy Madden, Keegan Felix, Arianna Featherstone; brothers Fred Featherstone and Jim Featherstone;grandsons Gabriel Vargas-Featherstone, Maverick Madden, Monroe Madden, and Dino Felix; granddaughter Emily Felix; sons-inlLaw Danny Madden, and Kevin Felix; sisters-in-law Mary Featherstone, and Cheryl Featherstone; nephews-in-law Cory Featherstone (and his wife, Sam, and kids Parker and Carly), Colin Featherstone (and wife, Samantha); and stepsons Brent Frohoff (wife, Tiffany and kids Jake, Sam, Luke, and Quinn), and Chris Frohoff (wife, Ann and daughter, Rio) . Contributions in John Featherstones memory may be sent to ElCamino.edu/Foundation/Featherstone. I loved teaching as much as coaching, Featherstone said. Joan Featherstone Lowry, 91, departed this world to be with her Lord on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Featherstone returned the following year to become offensive coordinator at Santa Ana College. It was an immediate success and the program was packed for five summers. Advertise And I think weve been successful in that aspect.. Featherstone earned a masters degree in physical education from SDSU in 1973. Featherstone went on to coach at San Diego State on Don Coryells staff as well as at Grossmont College and San Diego Mesa. John B Featherstone was born on month day 1845, at birth place, North Carolina, to Seaborn Trader Featherstone and Sarah N Featherstone (born Allen). Seaborn was born on February 12 1809, in Clear Creek Township, Henderson, North Carolina, United States. Sarah was born on May 14 1812, in Henderson County, NC. Plus, they all love football so we support each other.. John Featherstone, the Most Valuable Player of San Diego States 1969 Pasadena Bowl win and a Hall of Fame community college coach, died Saturday after a He was the first coach to have 100 victories at the college and professional levels. Print Issue Archive. Don Morrow was inducted in the El Camino Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003 after an exceptional football career as a quarterback for Aviation High School, El Camino College and CSU Northridge. With over 1,900 locations, Dignity Memorial providers proudly serve over 375,000 families a year. Photo by Brad Jacobson. It looked like fun, so I gave it a try and fell in love with the game, Featherstone recalled. Services. The home game was played at the Redondo High Sea Hawk stadium because El Camino Colleges new football stadium was still under construction. He was 71. As a junior, Featherstones offensive prowess helped propelled SDSU to the 1969 Pasadena Bowl and what would be the highlight of his playing career. Whether theyre healthier or not, I dont know. Yearbook Photo. I asked him if he had ever had it checked? The only promises we gave our recruits is that if you came to ECC and stayed out of trouble and become a good role model to your younger brothers and sisters, worked hard in the weight room and on the practice field and played hard between the lines on Saturday night, we would take care of you for the rest of your lives. Editors note: Manhattan Beach native, former El Camino College football coach and beach volleyball coach John Featherstone passed away Saturday morning, at age 71, after a seven-year battle with Alzheimers Disease. I was the game administrator for 155 games, 80 home games, 75 on the road, I was at every single game. At 5-foot-8, he continues a strict fitness regimen that keeps him at his high school playing weight of 145 pounds. They also won two state titles and 11 conference championships. Receive a notification when services are updated. I looked for overachievers. Please check your email for further instructions. John Featherstonebetter known simply as Feather, the fiery, passionate and championship-winning coach who for three decades ruled California junior college Mary was an avid gardener, her favorite flower to grow was red geraniums but she had a love for all flowers. I said Hey, Im just happy to wear the uniform. The lockers in the stadium were in numerical order, so mine was the first one in line, next to the coachs office. Her cremation will take place at The Witness Crematory located inside of Michigan Memorial Funeral Home. Kids taking Junior Lifeguards in morning take my class in the afternoon and vice versa. In 1982, Featherstone joined the UC Berkeley program under head coach and former NFL great Joe Kapp. Legal Notices In addition, Doris was a member of the Parkway Elementary School PTA and a teacher's aide. Featherstone was raised in a strong athletic background. Reynolds, Mendenhall and Featherstone came to SDSU from El Camino College and were college roommates. We both applied for the coaching opening, he got it and he was the perfect guy for this place. CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT CANDLES HAVE BEEN LIT, We are reviewing your submission. John Featherstones family and friends celebrate his life at I was so excited to return to El Camino, Featherstone said. She enjoyed traveling, animals, cooking for everyone and loved to eat. Dearest sister of John Featherston and Nancy Featherston-Peterson-Rios. Prepare. He is somewhat of a legend in that regard. He was the middle child, but he was a fighter, a competitor and never gave up, Engle said. Endure. Photo Easy Reader files. (The game was at Redondo because a new El Camino football stadium is under construction.) Just as the athletic days of his youth would prove valuable for Featherstone later in life, the experience gained from the adult volleyball clinic would pay dividends down the road. Joan Sign up for service and obituary updates. Although athletics didnt appeal to his oldest daughter Terre, sisters Ivy, Keegan and Arianna all played volleyball. She also served as a Paramus Recreation girls softball coach. Our goal is to see they get to the next level academically, Featherstone said during the halftime ceremony in his honor at his final game. Expert architecture and design solutions for private carriers, next-generation metro and long-haul optical networks, ultra low-latency networks, and Internet backbones. Family, former athletes, friends spoke at the event inside Murdock Stadium Friday May 7, 2021. He retired in 2015 with an overall record of 214-119-2. I tell the players to approach each game as if its your last, stay focused and have fun. He also received his eighth California State Coach of the Year honor that year. He was owner and manager of the baseball team The Brickton Bombers. I was the Athletic Director (at El Camino) with John for 17 years, we worked closely together, former athletic director David Shannon said. Dearest Americans eat way too much man-made foods, laden with sugar, salt and fat., Featherstone lives by his 8-8-8 theory: Eight hours of sleep, eight hours of work or school, and eight hours of play. Former NFL offensive lineman Derrick Deese, who played under Featherstone at ECC before transferring to USC, took a turn at the podium. Keith Ellison, a standout player at Redondo Union High School, has known Featherstone since he was an 8-year-old watching his older brother Chris play for El Camino before transferring to BYU. WebJohn Featherstone Death - Obituary - Cause of Death : Sad to hear of the passing of John Featherstone. If you would like to donate tothe Grosse Ile Animal Shelter andThe Grosse Ile ACO in Mary's name, click the link under her photo. Featherstone was inducted into the California Community Colleges Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2017 and the El Camino College Athletic Hall of Fame as a player (2005) and coach (2018) and in 2016, he was inducted into the California Beach Volleyball Association Hall of Fame as a teacher, tournament director and referee. After his playing days, Featherstone started his coaching career at San Diego State before moving onto Grossmont College, San Diego Mesa, Cal-Berkeley and Santa Ana College. Then in 1985, he returned to the South Bay, taking over at El Camino. Loving mother of John A. Gorecki. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the San Diego Union-Tribune. Like our page to stay informed about passing of a loved one in Nashville, Tennessee on facebook. Michigan Memorial Funeral Home, Inc; Michigan Memorial Park, Inc; Michigan Memorial Park Crematory Company, Inc - These companies are separately owned and operated. John Featherstone (third from right) despite being only 5-foot-8,, 145, played quarterback, baseball and ran track at Mira Costa High. Photo by Brad Jacobson. Ive been very fortunate to have been associated with good teams, especially good quarterbacks. The boyish twinkle in his eyes is also still there and seems to glisten a little brighter when he speaks of football. Then in 1985, he returned to the South Bay, taking over at El Camino. Adult diabetes is raging and everything is super-sized. John represents all that is best about El Camino College.. What a great teammate but also a great roommate in The Room of Doom! Mendenhall said of a Daily Aztec story on the trio. Returning to SDSU as wide receiver coach in 1980, Featherstone coached under Claude Gilbert and with future NFL coaches Doug Scovil and Brian Billick. 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He was not accustomed to surveying the action on the field simply as a fan and not as a scout for future El Camino College players. He is somewhat of a legend in that regard. The Dignity Memorial brand name is used to identify a network of licensed funeral, cremation and cemetery providers that include affiliates of Service Corporation International, 1929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas. Professional beach volleyball players are some of the best athletes in the world and can match up with those in any other sport.. Doris was the cherished mother of James Spano and Patricia Spano, an adored aunt to her nieces and nephews and a dear friend to many. We werent very good, but we sure had a lot of fun, Featherstone said. Ive been overjoyed teaching young kids the great sport of beach volleyball. Something went wrong. I see how much fun kids have playing the sport. His older brother Fred was also an exceptional athlete to whom John would look up to. Deploy network infrastructure faster and easier than ever before, with pre-packaged yet massively scalable infrastructure components for top packet and optical systems. I was the smallest guy on the team and Coach Coryell asked me how I felt about wearing number 1. Beloved life-long friend John J. Gorecki. He was very superstitious. Even though the girls fall volleyball season coincides with football, Featherstone attended as many of his daughters athletic events as possible. Feather is a great alumnus of Mira Costa, Morrow said. Her favorite places in Michigan were Southeast Michigan and Grosse Ile. Featherstone introduced Gillory to beach volleyball. Born in 1921 and raised on the family farm You dont have to cuss to make a player successful. Who Receive obituaries Joan Cowell Hueter In-depth strategy and insight into critical interconnection ecosystems, datacenter connectivity, product optimization, fiber route development, and more. Keith is the Sea Hawks assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. Parents can drop their kids off for an entire day at the beach. Dept. There are no words that can describe what Coach Feather has done for athletics in the South Bay., He has the right touch with players and Ive never seen him in a bad mood. During the summer of 1975, when Featherstone was taking advantage of an off-season lull from his coaching duties in San Diego, he joined forces with three friends to form the Mission Beach Volleyball Clinic for adults. De Foe, Jr. 88, passed away peacefully after a short illness. Feathers teams appeared in 19 bowl games and reached the playoffs five straight years, from 2004 to 2008. As an expression of sympathy, memorial contributions in Doris' memory may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital donors@stjude.org. Feather was one of a kind.. He was inducted into the Mira Costa Hall of Fame in 2012. Error, please try again. He was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, United States. Funeral Service will be held at 9:30 am on Monday June 10, 2019, at the Vander Plaat Memorial Home, followed by a 10:00 am Funeral Mass at Annunciation R.C Church 50 W Midland Ave Paramus. Its a violent game and were part of a chosen few who get to play at this level., Featherstones credo on the field and in the classroom is: Dream. They had a parade and the auditorium was filled with over 1,000 people. If playing recreational and masters competition in beach volleyball along with coaching the sport wasnt enough for Featherstone, he found time to serve as a referee for many years. I have known Coach Featherstone since our elementary school days when I had to attempt to tackle him on the playgrounds of Manhattan Beach, said Bill Beverly, president of the El Camino Community College District Board of Trustees. Gilory played and coached football for Featherstone at El Camino College. It will take some time getting used to. It turned out to be the best thing I ever did for all my other sports. Ive always looked at exercise as a reward, not a punishment. Ive loved every second of it.. He is a true legend in South Bay football and will be greatly missed on the field., Mira Costa Mustang, Class of 1968. Its been a great ride, but it was time, Featherstone said. Doris and James lived in Woodside, Queens and North Babylon, Long Island before settling in Paramus. Fred Featherstone, Johns brother, coached several state-championship womens volleyball teams at Grossmont College and is in CCCAA Mens Volleyball Hall of Fame. Search Melbourne obituaries and condolences, hosted by Echovita.com. John Featherstone is survived by his wife Diane; daughters Terre, Ivy, Keegan and Arianna; five grandchildren and brothers Fred and Jim. Beloved husband of Helen Featherstone. Memphis, TN 38148-0142. They didnt get into the drink and drug deal. That game produced no fewer than a dozen players who appeared in the NFL, including Shaw, Sipe, Tom Reynolds, Terry Mendenhall, Ken Burrow, Carl Weathers (who played Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies), and Bruce Taylor and Pat Hughes of Boston. Mary was always smiling and loved making people laugh. Featherstone coached more than three dozen players into professional football, including: Keith Ellison (LB, Buffalo Bills), DeLawrence Grant (DE, Oakland Raiders), Antonio Chatman (WR, Cincinnati Bengals), Marcel Reece (FB, Oakland Raiders, active), and Derrick Deese (OL, San Francisco 49ers). I marveled at his coaching genius and the way he could get performance out his athletes. His grandfather and father were both high school football stars. comments so far. P.O. He could have gone to a Division 1 (school), but Im glad he didnt because I wouldnt have been able to meet him.. Featherstones future would include four daughters. At Mira Costa In 1967, he earned All-CIF honors as a wide receiver. 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Photo by Ray Vidal. Doris was a Trustee and Vice President of the Paramus Fritz Behnke Historical Museum. The talented quarterback would become an All-American at UC Berkeley before cancer took his life in 1977. Joe was a tremendous talent, Featherstone said. All Rights Reserved. Featherstone has an equal affection for the students he has taught in his health education classes. 142. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), John Featherstones family and friends celebrate his life at memorial, Torrance softball moves up to Division 1 for CIF-SS playoffs; North No. Keith and Chris have returned to Redondo High as coaches. We were in a rebuilding process when I played there, Featherstone said. Featherstone believes Coryell never received the recognition he deserved, though he went on to become the head coach of the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Diego Chargers. He has helped me a great deal over the years, especially with his ideas on the passing game. We had the facilities right here, he said. Your message has not been sent. TORRANCE On what would have been his 72nd birthday, John Featherstones family, friends, former players and coaches gathered inside Murdock Stadium to give the legendary coach one final applause. In 2019, ECC renamed the football field inside Murdock Stadium Featherstone Field.. He is a true legend in South Bay football and will be greatly missed on the field.. Featherstone loved El Camino, he loved football, he loved his players and the best part about the whole thing is, he also loved his family, Deese said. October 21, 1944 - October 27, 2013, John Featherstone passed away on October 27, 2013 in Bronx, New York. (Assistant coach) Gene Engle played here before playing at Stanford under Bill Walsh. Featherstone grew up on 21st Street in Manhattan Beach, across from Live Oak Park. The football field at the new stadium was named John Featherstone Field.Photo by Brad Jacobson. Let others know about your loved one's death. There has to be a 20- or 30-minute window in there to exercise. She also delivered Meals on Wheels to the elderly and disabled. Paramus - Doris F. Spano (nee Featherstone), 78, of Paramus, NJ, formerly of Manhattan, NY passed away peacefully on June 4, 2019 surrounded by her children and loved ones.